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Final Approach
Since there's no such thing as free legal advice, and you get what you pay for, I'm looking for some "suggestions".
First, let me say I'm not trying to shelter or protect my son from deserved consequences. I'm a big fan of reality consequences. However, the reality consequence of the following is that if my son loses his driver's license, it directly impacts my wallet in his ability to get a job and earn college money. So, caveat aside, here's the deal.
My son is in college out of the country. On his last day at home over Christmas break, he got a speeding ticket. It's a 6 point ticket (Colorado has a points system, and at 19, he's allowed 8 points against his license before losing it. Unfortunately, he got a 5 point ticket last year so only has 3 points available. Being out of the country and unable to make his court date, the county clerk said he could send a letter requesting a "plea by mail" which he did. When the courts received his letter, they entered a guilty plea on his behalf and assessed a fine and the 6 points. When we talked to the court clerk again, she said he should send another letter requesting a "motion to reduce points". My dilema is should the letter just say that, or request a reduction to 3 points? Will the court counter-offer with more than 3 points and it was a wasted effort? Is this something that's worth hiring an attorney or should he just draft a letter, send it in and hope for the best?
The other issue is that it takes 3 weeks for mail between here and Ecuador, so this could drag on for a while. Is there any way that we can represent him?
Thanks.
First, let me say I'm not trying to shelter or protect my son from deserved consequences. I'm a big fan of reality consequences. However, the reality consequence of the following is that if my son loses his driver's license, it directly impacts my wallet in his ability to get a job and earn college money. So, caveat aside, here's the deal.
My son is in college out of the country. On his last day at home over Christmas break, he got a speeding ticket. It's a 6 point ticket (Colorado has a points system, and at 19, he's allowed 8 points against his license before losing it. Unfortunately, he got a 5 point ticket last year so only has 3 points available. Being out of the country and unable to make his court date, the county clerk said he could send a letter requesting a "plea by mail" which he did. When the courts received his letter, they entered a guilty plea on his behalf and assessed a fine and the 6 points. When we talked to the court clerk again, she said he should send another letter requesting a "motion to reduce points". My dilema is should the letter just say that, or request a reduction to 3 points? Will the court counter-offer with more than 3 points and it was a wasted effort? Is this something that's worth hiring an attorney or should he just draft a letter, send it in and hope for the best?
The other issue is that it takes 3 weeks for mail between here and Ecuador, so this could drag on for a while. Is there any way that we can represent him?
Thanks.